Sports figures react on social media to potential Twitter shutdown.
It seems like the end might be in sight for the social media platform Twitter. And we’re not handling it all that well.
The writing has been on the wall ever since Elon Musk purchased Twitter and then promptly thew the platform into a tailspin.
First Musk allowed users to buy the blue verification tab that may have cost a company a whole lot of money, then he revoked the work-from-home culture and then on Wednesday he sent an email saying employees “need to be extremely hardcore.” On Thursday it was reported that due to mass resignations all employee’s badges were deactivated.
Here’s how Twitter reacted to potentially never being able to react on Twitter ever again
If this is the end of Twitter, at least we went out with a win. #stlblues pic.twitter.com/BKyetKDEDl
— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) November 18, 2022
Twitter 🫡
— Borussia Dortmund (@BlackYellow) November 18, 2022
Twitter tonight feels like the airplane scene in Almost Famous
— Jonathan Jones (@jjones9) November 18, 2022
It's been an honor tweeting with you all. #NearerMyGodToTweet https://t.co/u4IW8oV1UV
— Mark Lazerus (@MarkLazerus) November 18, 2022
Just checking back in.
— Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) November 18, 2022
Sidney Crosby is scoring goals.
What else is going on? pic.twitter.com/wFhqX12jwL
If Twitter goes down I’d like to leave you all with one last message:
— Iain MacMillan (@IainMacBets) November 18, 2022
Gamblor bless
Tom and Gisele got divorced and all hell immediately broke loose and now the app that exposed Gisele for cheating on our GOAT is gonna implode.
— Colby (Fightful & Oddschecker) (@ColbysBets) November 18, 2022
Coincidence?
I think not.#RIPTwitter
Gonna have to find all your terrible basketball takes somewhere else
— Dan Woike (@DanWoikeSports) November 18, 2022
MySpace, after spending years biding its time for the big comeback: pic.twitter.com/A2zbmvhz0T
— Gerald Bourguet (@GeraldBourguet) November 18, 2022
#RIPTwitter pic.twitter.com/TEWSzaeABD
— JP Baudelaire (@ImJust_JP) November 18, 2022
Anyone have a good Mastodon server? #RIPTwitter
— Jeremy Herriges🇺🇦 (@JeremyHerriges) November 18, 2022
if this is really it imma find my wife and head to pf changs
— Los Angeles Chargers (@chargers) November 18, 2022
We might be making fun of this now but we need to remember that there are thousands of people who have or are about to lose their jobs. Let’s try to remember this social media app could be the difference between a single mom making rent or an almost-retirement-age person having to start all over again. It’s more than just memes and blue check marks.